Daily Photo Gallery 2011

Current and recent work. This is a gallery for the SmugMug Daily Photo Community that posts a photo a day, typically a shot taken that day or recently. I really don't take a photo every day, but photography is part of my daily life. I do enjoy sharing recent work with this great group and try my best.

Climbing up the Angel's Landing Trail in Zion National Park: you can see the Virgin River and the trail in the distance.

West Rim of Zion Canyon

Zion National Park: this one I'm calling Angel's and Thrones. The deep red tower in the center of the photo is Angel's Landing. People actually climb up the edge of it to the top. The squarish mesa in the center that is white is the Great White Throne. Enjoy!

Coming up the middle fork of Taylor Creek, there are beautiful pines and canyon walls with a deeper and richer red color than the main Zion Canyon. I liked this hanging garden which topped a distant grotto.

The Green Pool
This pool beneath Double Falls, in Zion National Park, truly is the bright glowing green color that is on display here. It nearly blinded me with the vividness. Please enjoy. :)

Self portrait hiking down from "Walter's Wiggles" on the Angel's Landing Trail. I wanted to take a shot of my wife doing this, but she insisted I do it. Therefore I set everything up and hiked down, have multiple exposures taken. then I blended them in photoshop. I think there are 7 of me in this shot.

Opal Pool

Double Arch Alcove has a very colorful grotto filled with ferns, trees and some water which trickles out of the rock wall. It's a lovely and private retreat in Zion National Park.

Angel kneeling before the Throne

Another angle of Double Falls in Zion: I really like this spot.

Three Falls of Right Fork

Foggy Day, taken in IR

Fog of Kayenta

Hoodoo Forest
Interesting to me that these massive trees are dwarfed by the even-larger hoodoos of Bryce Canyon.

Another shot from my trip to Kayenta on the Hell Hole trail. This is located adjacent to Snow Canyon State Park and is just beautiful in the winter. The terrible name is from it's hot conditions in the summer.

Time of Harvest

Another Guest Arrives at "The Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Auguste Renoir

Bryce Canyon detail of spires and erosion

Supreme View
taken from Scout's Lookout on the Angel's Landing Trail. This Zion hike is classic!